CIA isn't hiding intelligence from Trump

CIA director Mike Pompeo has rejected news reports that intelligence officials are withholding information from the commander in chief.

The CIA director says the agency is providing US President Donald Trump with the best intelligence it can, disputing reports that the spy community is withholding information from the commander in chief.

In a statement on Thursday, CIA Director Mike Pompeo says the CIA does not, has not and will never hide intelligence from the president.

He says the agency is not aware of any instance where this has occurred.

Pompeo is dismissing news reports claiming intelligence officials were keeping information from Trump, and notes the reports did not cite any examples. Pompeo says the claims damage the integrity of thousands of professional US intelligence officers.


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